Transcription of Aircraft Recognition Guide
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Firefi ghting Aircraft Recognition GuideCAL FIRE Aircraft Contact Frequency CAL FIRE Air Program has long been the premier fi refi ghting aviation program in the world. CAL FIRE s fl eet of over 50 fi xed wing and rotary wing, make it the largest department owned fl eet of aerial fi refi ghting equipment in the world. CAL FIRE s Aircraft are strategically located throughout the state at CAL FIRE s 13 airbases and nine helicopter ProgramCAL FIRE fi rst began using airtankers in the 1950s when agriculture spraying planes were used to drop water on fi res. In 1958, CAL FIRE, then CDF, con-tracted with a private airtanker service for the use of their converted World War II Aircraft . By 1970 the department began to evaluate the use of former military Grumman S-2 Aircraft .
medical evacuation, disaster relief, search and rescue, aircraft recovery, fi re fi ghting, parachute drops, heavy construction and civil development. The CH-47s provide the ability to carry heavy loads and operate with a large water bucket for wildland fi …
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